tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917832.post6333244707159812822..comments2023-10-09T10:41:59.953-05:00Comments on Watts' Words: "Sad Day" - FINAL CHAPTERBro. Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682316185534595388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917832.post-44051238716566941552015-06-11T13:16:01.082-05:002015-06-11T13:16:01.082-05:00Jerry,
I have been out of the pastorate a couple o...Jerry,<br />I have been out of the pastorate a couple of years now, but I still try and keep up with what is happening. My opinion is this all started when the conservative political powers divided shortly after Adrian's death. At the very next convention, there was a split in the conservative camp of who was going to lead. The old guard ran the same big name contenders and then there was Frank Page a relatively unknown guy that gained traction from the blogosphere it seemed. The mantra was 10%, 10%, 10% ...... ad infinitum. You know the outcome of that convention. It is my opinion and the opinion of many of the pastors that I know that feel the old guard and the mega church pastors wanted to crush this 10% CP thing once and for all. There was a push it seemed for all the monies a church spent for missions to be counted and tallied not just the CP giving. With the GCR debacle and the slight of hand maneuvering, posturing, and high speeches about the gospel, we have arrived at where we are now. This is only one issue that brought us to where we are at. There are several others, but in the great scheme of things, I feel the SBC is only a breath away from extinction as we have a growing hostile environment to the message of the Cross in our country and the Government will put the screws to us financially by removing the Tax Exemption status if we don't bow to their ideologies. I feel we will see missions fall back to first century type of missions. The blessing our churches have coming is with outside persecution, there comes an internal purification. - ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com